Beautifully illustrated in realistic watercolors by Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Robert Ingpen, this oversized visual biography for readers 8 and up describes how the young Mohandas Gandhi grew up in Hindu India, learned to be guided by his conscience, sought a Western education, and then found his life mission as a champion of human rights. Through episodes like his being ejected from a first-class train car or leading a march to protest unjust laws in South Africa, the book explains how Gandhi developed his practice of nonviolent disobedience to effect social change, and how this philosophy made him a powerfully influential world leader.